Light, Seismic Waves, and Telecommunications

_______________________________ are a mechanical waves that travels through earth materials during an earthquake

• Seismic Waves

• Primary Waves

• Secondary Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

________________________________ are a compression wave generated by an earthquake that travels quickly through liquid and solids only

• Seismic Waves

• Primary Waves

• Secondary Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

_____________________________ are a transverse wave generated by an earthquake that travels through solids only

• Seismic Waves

• Primary Waves

• Secondary Waves

___________________ is the place where two different media meet

• Interface

• Media

• Refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

_______________________ is the changing of a wave's speed and direction as it travels through a medium

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Retraction

_________________ is to change the speed and direction of a wave

• Refract

• Reflect

• Retract

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

_______________ is a beam reflected off a surface

• Reflected Beam

• Incident Beam

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

_______________ is an incoming beam

• Reflected Beam

• Incident Beam

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A _________________ is a straight line that light waves travel in

• Beam

• Ray

• Wave

Light is _______________________

• electromagnetic radiation that is reflected off surfaces and can be seen

• electromagnetic waves with the most energy and shortest wavelength

• All colors of visible light mixed together

• wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that can be seen by the human eye

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2